2019 Sydney Chinese Studies Seminar Series: The Gift of Asian Higher Learning Traditions to the Global Research University

2019 Sydney Chinese Studies Seminar Series Organised by the Department of Chinese Studies in collaboration with the China Studies Centre ‘Language, Literature, Culture and Education’ Research Cluster and the Comparative and International Education Research Network The Gift of Asian Higher Learning Traditions to the Global Research University Speaker: Ruth Hayhoe (University of Toronto) The focus …

2019 Sydney Chinese Studies Seminar Series: The religious world in Chinese social studies textbooks

2019 Sydney Chinese Studies Seminar Series Organised by the Department of Chinese Studies in collaboration with the China Studies Centre ‘Language, Literature, Culture and Education’ Research Cluster The religious world in Chinese social studies textbooks Speaker: Zhenzhou Zhao (Education University of Hong Kong) The Constitution of the People’s Republic of China mandates a separation of …

2019 Sydney Chinese Studies Seminar Series: The fascist aesthetics of Chinese wartime nationalism

2019 Sydney Chinese Studies Seminar Series Organised by the Department of Chinese Studies in collaboration with the China Studies Centre ‘Language, Literature, Culture and Education’ Research Cluster The fascist aesthetics of Chinese wartime nationalism: Wang Jingwei’s ‘New Citizens Movement’, 1942-44 Speaker: A/Prof Jeremy E. Taylor, University of Nottingham This paper examines how the “occupation regime” …

2019 Sydney Chinese Studies Seminar Series: Soft skills and virtual self-improvement in contemporary urban China

2019 Sydney Chinese Studies Seminar Series Organised by the Department of Chinese Studies in collaboration with the China Studies Centre ‘Language, Literature, Culture and Education’ Research Cluster Soft skills and virtual self-improvement in contemporary urban China Speaker: Gil Hizi, Teaching Fellow, Department of Anthropology This paper explores practices of ‘self-improvement’ in contemporary China, focusing on …